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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

436,141

100.0

enrolled in school

120,255

100.0

Native

426,788

97.9

Nursery school, preschool

7,954

6.6

Born in United States

425,253

97.5

Kindergarten

7,245

6.0

State of residence

343,944

78.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

56,865

47.3

Different state

81,309

18.6

High school (grades 9-12)

25,941

21.6

Born outside United States

1,535

0.4

College or graduate school

22,250

18.5

Foreign born

9,353

2.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

2,607

0.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

5,867

1.3

Population 25 years and over

277,660

100.0

Not a citizen

3,486

0.8

Less than 9th grade

10,917

3.9

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

35,893

12.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

92,661

33.4

Total (excluding born at sea)

9,353

100.0

Some college, no degree

71,023

25.6

Europe

3,328

35.6

Associate degree

22,107

8.0

Asia

3,260

34.9

Bachelor's degree

29,272

10.5

Africa

428

4.6

Graduate or professional degree

15,787

5.7

Oceania

48

0.5

Latin America

990

10.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.1

(X)

Northern America

1,299

13.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.2

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

404,586

100.0

Population 15 years and over

335,633

100.0

English only

386,259

95.5

Never married

94,611

28.2

Language other than English

18,327

4.5

Now married, except separated

172,152

51.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

5,112

1.3

Separated

6,334

1.9

Spanish

7,556

1.9

Widowed

21,791

6.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

2,227

0.6

Female

18,254

5.4

Other Indo-European languages

6,256

1.5

Divorced

40,745

12.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,551

0.4

Female

23,396

7.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,645

0.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

660

0.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

436,141

100.0

under 18 years

9,579

100.0

Total ancestries reported

447,033

102.5

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

4,749

49.6

Arab

3,142

0.7

Czech¹

3,495

0.8

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

1,327

0.3

Civilian population 18 years and over

316,706

100.0

Dutch

9,274

2.1

Civilian veterans

41,800

13.2

English

46,493

10.7

French (except Basque)¹

22,155

5.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

10,828

2.5

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

73,048

16.7

Population 5 to 20 years

104,792

100.0

Greek

1,575

0.4

With a disability

9,690

9.2

Hungarian

5,440

1.2

Population 21 to 64 years

248,059

100.0

Irish¹

48,070

11.0

With a disability

51,905

20.9

Italian

11,096

2.5

Percent employed

51.3

(X)

Lithuanian

480

0.1

No disability

196,154

79.1

Norwegian

3,297

0.8

Percent employed

75.3

(X)

Polish

22,800

5.2

Population 65 years and over

49,218

100.0

Portuguese

156

0.0

With a disability

21,219

43.1

Russian

1,607

0.4

Scotch-Irish

5,602

1.3

Scottish

9,040

2.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

1,435

0.3

Population 5 years and over

404,586

100.0

Subsaharan African

4,078

0.9

Same house in 1995

229,690

56.8

Swedish

5,195

1.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

172,165

42.6

Swiss

672

0.2

Same county

126,286

31.2

Ukrainian

1,399

0.3

Different county

45,879

11.3

United States or American

30,649

7.0

Same state

30,246

7.5

Welsh

2,138

0.5

Different state

15,633

3.9

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

443

0.1

Elsewhere in 1995

2,731

0.7

Other ancestries

122,099

28.0

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.